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I can answer some of your questions. Yes, it's certainly possible to have a 35 year old car with only 26k. My mother-in-law gave up driving this past year. Her 1991 Sentra, purchased new, had 19k total. I see the car has NY plates. If you are here on LI or the Metro area you will not have any problems going in snow with all season radials. If you are up in the Catskills or Adirondacks or the western NY snow belt areas a full set of radial snows is the way to go. The car has non-original wheels--I think those came on the 242GT--so a set of 15" rims-steel or alloy (from a 140/160 or 740/760) with skinny winter tires will take you anywhere. The 140 is very well balanced. Does the odometer work. Those models had all sorts of problems with the trip meter-if the trip meter jams up it will keep the main odometer from registering-while the speedo section continues to work. The reliability and longevity of the 140 is nothing, if not terrific. They take a bit more maintenance then the 240 and 740--but it's worhwhile. As long as there's oil in the motor and coolant in the radiator you will not blow it up. Volvos slogan back then was --"drive it like you hate it". If you don't feel confident about assessing the cars condition, it would be worth the investment to bring it to a qualified shop and pay an hours labor to have it looked over--top and bottom. At 26k the chassis parts-ball joints, tie rods, steering box, idle arm should all be in excellent shape. Rubber bushings may get dried out but they should still be tight. If the webbing on the seat bottoms is the original weave of stretchy bands they are probably dry and stiff. Parts are available to renew seats. If this car is for real it may be the last car you will ever need to buy.
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